shrimp

IPA: ʃrˈɪmp

noun

  • Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
  • (uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
  • (slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
  • (slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
  • (soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.
  • Initialism of sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe.

verb

  • (intransitive) To fish for shrimp.
  • To contract; to shrink.
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Examples of "shrimp" in Sentences

  • I like eating shrimp fritters.
  • The shrimp consumes starfish alive.
  • Shrimps and prawns are the main catch in the seas.
  • In the growout phase, the shrimp are grown to maturity.
  • The opossum shrimp is of enormous economic value to the bay.
  • The shape of the shrimp plant is generally long and spindly.
  • The snowball shrimp is a species of shrimp sold in the aquarium trade.
  • The historical distribution of the conservancy fairy shrimp is not known.
  • The area is infested with shrimp and they are soon aware of the intruders.
  • A lamprey is brought in, extended in a dish, in the midst of floating shrimps.

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